Abstract
The European 7th Framework Programme project Extreme
Weather impacts on European Networks of Transport devised
a holistic analysis of extreme weather risks for the
transport system. The analysis provided an overview of
extreme weather risks, or a risk panorama. The risk
panorama was built on a probabilistic approach to extreme
weather phenomena occurrences and on vulnerability
analysis based on selected macro-level economic and
transport system indicators of the member states of
EU-27. The panorama covers all transport modes and views
infrastructure-related risks, time delay risks, and
accidents risks. In addition to climatic circumstances,
the devised risk indicator is also dependent on regional
circumstances, such as population and transport density
and income level. This paper describes the construct and
application of an extreme weather risk indicator (EWRI).
EWRIs are counted for each country and each transport
mode separately. Furthermore, this paper also presents
the most significant extreme weather events in different
parts of Europe and on the transport modes they affect
the most.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 189-210 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Natural Hazards |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- EWENT
- extreme weather
- risk
- transport
- vulnerability